PT868816E - Melhorias em receptores para sinais de televisao - Google Patents

Melhorias em receptores para sinais de televisao

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Publication number
PT868816E
PT868816E PT96939173T PT96939173T PT868816E PT 868816 E PT868816 E PT 868816E PT 96939173 T PT96939173 T PT 96939173T PT 96939173 T PT96939173 T PT 96939173T PT 868816 E PT868816 E PT 868816E
Authority
PT
Portugal
Prior art keywords
television signals
channels
receptors
receiver
list
Prior art date
Application number
PT96939173T
Other languages
English (en)
Portuguese (pt)
Inventor
Christopher Peter Townsend
David Holliday
Robin Crossley
Alun David Webber
Nicholas James
Original Assignee
British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from GBGB9526304.2A external-priority patent/GB9526304D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB9616406.6A external-priority patent/GB9616406D0/en
Application filed by British Sky Broadcasting Ltd filed Critical British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
Publication of PT868816E publication Critical patent/PT868816E/pt

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/254—Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server
    • H04N21/2543—Billing, e.g. for subscription services
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4753—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4755—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/47805—Electronic banking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/47815—Electronic shopping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Input Circuits Of Receivers And Coupling Of Receivers And Audio Equipment (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
  • Television Systems (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
PT96939173T 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Melhorias em receptores para sinais de televisao PT868816E (pt)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9526304.2A GB9526304D0 (en) 1995-05-22 1995-12-22 Interactive services interface
GBGB9616406.6A GB9616406D0 (en) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Improvements in receivers for television signals

Publications (1)

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PT868816E true PT868816E (pt) 2002-07-31

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JP (2) JP4264851B2 (no)
AT (1) ATE216167T1 (no)
AU (1) AU7631696A (no)
CA (1) CA2241368C (no)
DE (1) DE69620631T2 (no)
DK (1) DK0868816T3 (no)
ES (1) ES2175148T3 (no)
IL (3) IL125011A (no)
NO (1) NO324918B1 (no)
PT (1) PT868816E (no)
WO (1) WO1997023997A1 (no)

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IL125011A0 (en) 1999-01-26
IL159271A0 (en) 2004-06-01
EP0868816A1 (en) 1998-10-07
AU7631696A (en) 1997-07-17
IL159272A (en) 2004-07-25
NO324918B1 (no) 2008-01-07
EP0868816B1 (en) 2002-04-10
DE69620631D1 (de) 2002-05-16
EP2265022A2 (en) 2010-12-22
IL159272A0 (en) 2004-06-01
JP2000502846A (ja) 2000-03-07
IL125011A (en) 2004-07-25
NO982805D0 (no) 1998-06-18
DK0868816T3 (da) 2002-07-01
CA2241368A1 (en) 1997-07-03
JP4264851B2 (ja) 2009-05-20
ES2175148T3 (es) 2002-11-16
EP2265022A3 (en) 2011-01-19
CA2241368C (en) 2004-08-17
ATE216167T1 (de) 2002-04-15
DE69620631T2 (de) 2002-10-24
WO1997023997A1 (en) 1997-07-03
JP2007129758A (ja) 2007-05-24
NO982805L (no) 1998-08-20

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